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Implementing Music Therapy through Telehealth: Considerations for Military Populations

Abstract
Telehealth provides access to psychotherapeutic interventions and psychoeducation for remote populations that may have limited access to in-person rehabilitation treatments. This paper explores the use of telehealth to facilitate music therapy with service members and veterans living in rural areas across the U.S. and reviews research regarding creative arts therapies delivered through telehealth. The existing evidence base is predominantly focused on art and dance movement therapies and includes little information about music therapy. However, music therapists have begun to use telehealth in clinical and community environments to increase access for remote patients. This article reports on the integration of telehealth and music therapy and presents facilitation techniques of didactic and applied clinical music experiences. This is accomplished through the review of current research, addressing knowledge gaps, and reviewing the evolving models of creative arts therapies delivered through telehealth for military populations.
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Authors:
Vaudreuil, R., Langston, D. G., Magee, W. L., Betts, D., Kass, S., & Levy, C.
Publication Date:
2022
Publisher:
Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology (Impact factor = 2.099)
Volume/Issue/Pages:
17(2), 201-210
Population Studied:
Veterans engaged in telehealth delivered creative arts therapy
Treatment:
Music therapy; telehealth; individual and group sessions
Study Design:
Case examples of music therapy telehealth models
Measures:
Clinical observations, program review, program design, participant testimonials